CHESS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1929, Page 15

CHESS

NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION I . —

7^l-,?,? rf °oUf Cil meeting of the fey Court™ i S Associatio« *as held at 64, fon W f-' ng ? nd W- Toomath (WellingCG ) \v \- G\ A- ■ lones (Masterton Cri C'P-i? ?• P- Anderson (Gteborne itr ' -var Dd, T" X oubv (Auckland CO.). *nn k jXlacka? explained that the first item |on the agenda sheet was the. election of ;r< w°T ary secretal'y in place or Mr. 1 «.'rir.i,o -unner' who> owing to his present inosZ ll. lness-.T ouW Lave t° give up the position m which he had done such splen- '?£> Z } i° T F ew Zea]and chess during the pastdecade. Tributes to Mr. Tan-:nn-i?;rg\y7aJued ser™es and genial dis?ffiH.t^ hadbeeu rec^ed from various "?® i* ed ce,ntres, coupled with good wishes i !L; ear^ restoration to health. These ■which\ eartllr by the meeting, 1 verhal re^etfu"v accepted Mr. Tanner?s ■DS-tfnVfs^ 1011'^ I'B^ that a sad ■fj^j?B of tte ways had been reacted. The cates t^AT^T a Private hospital mdiii °"?f /**.' Mr- Tanner's condition shows . a, sight improvement, but also that he is | still very far from well. Mr. W. Toomath, jot 7, Aurqra terrace, Wellington, who 'rw ™ i°°; secretary of. the Wellington C. "ess Club for the past seven years, was elected -to succeed Mr. Tanner as hon. sec i ma. ry of'the association. ! .me Rotorua Chess Club, which has 33 .members, was duly affiliated. Mr. F. K. i „,'»• "as b«en appointed to act as the club's delegate. The next Championship Congress was allotted to the Wanganui Chess Club, play to commence on Boxing Day. This will be VVanganm's second congress, the first one having been held 34 years ago. Entries should reach Mr. Toomath on or before Ist December.. With each entry should be given the competitor's chess-playing record, and each private entry must be accompanied by a fee of £2 2s, half of which is refunded if the competitor wins 50 per cent, or more, of his games. Messrs. W. E. Mason, W. Mackay, and G. P. Anderson were reappointed as the association's Elimination Board. They are to decide the question as to what should constitute a sufficiently good record to gain admission to the thirty-ninth tournament Son the championship of New Zealand. At the thirtieth! annual general meeting, held in June last, it was unanimously decided that in the event a "smaller centre" applying, for the championship congress, the association would specially increase its contribution from £20 to £25, and would aßk affiliated clubs to assist with one shilling lists, each of the s four piajor- clubs to guarantee £3, and each minor club £1. Experience has shown that these guarantees can easily be" raised when the list is entrusted to "a good canvasser, instead of being posted on a .notice-board. Under this scheme (the Wanganui Chess Club should receive extraneous assistance amounting to about £45, instead of the customary £20. Affiliated clubs are now asked to assist the Wanganui Chess Club on these lines. .:'.- \

Satisfaction was expressed at the promptness with which Adjudication Boards are making awards on games left unfinished 5n this season's telegraphic matches for the Club Championship of the Dominion. A progress report shows that the Wellington Club has scored wins from the Auckland and Canterbury Clubs, while Canterbury has defeated Otago, and. Otago has won from Auckland. The fixtures Canterbury v. Auckland and Otago v. Wellington complete this year's contest. Four clubs are competing for the cup donated by Mr. Charles Blackburn, ex-president of the Gisborne Chess Club, viz., Hamilton, Gisborne, Napier, and Wanganui. This

trophy is for competition between affiliated clubs in the North Island other than those situated in the cities and suburbs of Auckland and Wellington. In the, first match for this trophy, Hamiltoti defeated Clisborne by 2 games (7-5). Pleasure was expressed at the fact that a chess column is now .appearing, -weekly m the Auckland "Star." • •'" :; ■ The Invereargill, Nelson, and Napier Clubs are being asked to appoint delegate's in time for the association's Decejnber meeting. . . ' iv A vote o£ thanks to Mr. Mackny for presiding and also for his attention to' the association's affairs since Mr. Tanner was incapacitated by illness closed the meeting.